The Online News Association is teaming up with Poynter Institute’s News University to offer four training Webinars for writers interested in updating their skills. The first is a class on semantic Web specifically tailored to journalists and it’s free to ONA members. Non-members pay $29.95.
Discover Your Missing Links: The Semantic Web will take place Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m. EST. Replays will be available for anyone who can’t attend the live Webinar.
The one-hour session will be led by digital consultant and online publishing specialist Diane Burley. In it, Burley will cover:
- Tagging
- Taxonomies
- Authority files and knowledge bases
- How to use metadata to create a better user experience
- Ways to research or package stories with greater ease
- Online tools and companies that can help writers automatically tag and associate Web content
Sign up or learn more about the seminar at News University’s Website. If you’re not an ONA member and are interested in joining, annual dues are $75; find out more details here.
ONA and News University will offer additional seminars in March, May and September on Web 2.0 skills writers that can use to expand their storytelling abilities.
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